{"id":7877,"date":"2014-09-01T13:35:32","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T11:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/?p=7877"},"modified":"2014-09-22T15:23:54","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T13:23:54","slug":"pinturicchio-in-san-giminiano-and-the-dark-matter-of-which-the-italian-exhibitions-are-made-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/09\/01\/pinturicchio-in-san-giminiano-and-the-dark-matter-of-which-the-italian-exhibitions-are-made-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinturicchio in San Gimignano and the dark matter of which the Italian exhibitions are made of"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7877 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/09\/01\/pinturicchio-in-san-giminiano-and-the-dark-matter-of-which-the-italian-exhibitions-are-made-of\/fig-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Fig.-4-383x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7878\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7878'>\n\t\t\t\tBernardino di Betto (Pintoricchio), Madonna con il Bambino e San Giovannino, Oil on panel, Citt\u00e0 di Castello, Museo del Duomo. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/09\/01\/pinturicchio-in-san-giminiano-and-the-dark-matter-of-which-the-italian-exhibitions-are-made-of\/fig-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Fig.-1-358x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7879\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7879'>\n\t\t\t\tBernardino di Betto (Pinturicchio), La Vergine Assunta tra i Santi Gregorio Magno e Benedetto Oro. Oil on panel, San Gimignano, Pinacoteca Civica. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/09\/01\/pinturicchio-in-san-giminiano-and-the-dark-matter-of-which-the-italian-exhibitions-are-made-of\/fig-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"136\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Fig.-3-480x436.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7880\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7880'>\n\t\t\t\tBernardino di Betto, (Pinturicchio),\nSacra Famiglia e San Giovanni. Oil on panel, Siena, Pinacoteca Nazionale.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2014\/09\/01\/pinturicchio-in-san-giminiano-and-the-dark-matter-of-which-the-italian-exhibitions-are-made-of\/fig-5-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"137\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Fig.-5-437x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7881\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7881'>\n\t\t\t\tFollower of Pinturicchio, Adorazione dei pastori\nTempera e, olio su tavola, Siena, Pinacoteca Nazionale.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Every man or woman who loves fine arts should know that a large part, if not all, of the exhibitions dedicated to \u201cOld Masters\u201d taking place in Italy are promoted by local politicians or clericals and managed by private companies, generally selected according to their will. It follows that their main aims are very easy to predict, that is increasing the number of tourists, as well as of believers. No cultural approaches, no studies, no news. Having said that, if you are around San Gimignano \u2013 a small town the contemporary international art scene is aware of thanks to the extraordinary work <a href=\"http:\/\/www.galleriacontinua.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Galleria Continua<\/a> has been doing in these past years \u2013 it could be a good idea to visit the exhibition dedicated to Bernardino di Betto Betti, alias Pinturicchio, at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sangimignanomusei.it\/comune.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Pinacoteca civica di San Gimignano<\/a>, until 6 January 2015. In this charming place, even if you are a specialised journalist don&#8217;t expect to be welcomed with a free ticket, or to be allowed to take some pictures: first and foremost you are a tourist, so you ought to pay! Nevertheless you may discover an extraordinary painting such as the <span style=\"font-family: Garamond, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>Madonna con il Bambino e San Giovannino, <\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Garamond, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">on loan from the Museo del Duomo of Citt\u00e0 di Castello, as far as 160 kilometers far from San Gimignano&#8230;\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Every man or woman who loves fine arts should know that a large part, if not all, of the exhibitions dedicated to \u201cOld Masters\u201d taking place in Italy are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7878,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1796],"tags":[1254],"class_list":["post-7877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mapping-the-artscape","tag-pinturicchio"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}